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1 | How Do We Put On Christ? | Rom 13:14 | mark d seyler | 174317 | ||
What is our method, how do we "put on", or "clothe ourselves" with the Lord Jesus Christ? | ||||||
2 | How Do We Put On Christ? | Rom 13:14 | bliss_7 | 174320 | ||
How do we "put on the Lord Jesus Christ"? First we identify with Christ by being baptized (Galatians 3:27). This shows our solidarity with other Christians and with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Second, we exemplify the qualities Jesus showed while he was here on earth (love, humility, truth, service). In a sense, we role play what Jesus would do in our situation (see Ephesians 4:24-32, Colossians 3:10-17). We also must not give our desires any opportunity to lead us into sin. Avoid those situations that open the door to gratifying sinful desires. | ||||||
3 | How Do We Put On Christ? | Rom 13:14 | mark d seyler | 174448 | ||
Hi Bliss, Thank you for your answer. I have been studying this topic myself, and I have been interested in what others might answer. If I understand you correctly, we 1) We identify with Christ through baptism, 2) We show through our lives the attributes of Jesus, 3) We prevent our fleshly desires from developing into sin. I think this is a sound answer, and it speaks in the terms I have long heard this taught. After salvation, and the obedience of baptism, stop acting like a fallen man, and start acting like Jesus. But I have realized that this isn't really specific enough for me. It's one thing to read in the Bible of what Jesus did in situations that confronted Him, and many of those in fact will parallel situations I have to deal with. But not everying has a direct parallel. Jesus always acted according to His nature, without that constant battle against a fallen nature. Now, I am not saying that we will, in this life, be completely free from that fallen nature, but I want to become more like the new nature, to be more like Jesus, not just to try to act more like Jesus. So I have been considering how I might actively pursue becoming more like Jesus. When we "put on a coat", which is the metaphor used, there is a specific process we engage in. Notice that the Bible does not say "be clothed in Christ", but rather, "put on the Lord Jesus Christ", indicating that there are particular actions or steps we are to take. I think your referrence to Colossians is right on target, and speaks to what I have been thinking: Col 3:10 "and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him--" "...being renewed to a true knowledge..." Eph 4:22 "that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind," As I think about how to renew the mind, one Scripture stands out to me that gives a practical instruction: 2 Cor 10:5 "We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ," "Destroying everything raised against the knowledge of God," "Taking captive every thought to the obedience of Christ" And what was the defining factor of Christ's obedience? Phil 2:5 For think this within you, which mind was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who subsisting in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, having become in the likeness of men 8 and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient until death, even the death of a cross. Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. Jesus came as a servant. He laid aside everything else, and came to serve, and to die. So I'd like to offer this for consideration. We put on Christ by first submitting to Him, and being reborn, by stopping wrong behaviors, and by examining every thought we have in our heads to see if it conforms to servitude and death of self, to the obedience of Christ. If it does, and is in accordance with the Word, encourage it, and if it doesn't, stop it, before it turns to sin. The more I write the more I think of, but I'll stop here for now. Do you have any comments on this? Love in Christ, Mark |
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